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Charles L Martin has spent a lifetime experiencing hard won sales and marketing battles in the fashion (7th Avenue), film (Hollywood), food & beverage (Worldwide), and social marketing (SoCal) industries. He enjoyed working as an assistant to Liz Ortenberg (Claiborne), Tommy Hilfiger, and producer Scott Rudin, among others. He has worked for Esprit, D.F. Sanders & Co., more than 25 other A-List actors and producers, Rhino Chaser's Beer, EarthLink, United Tranz Actions, OpenTable and now LivingSocial, which is the coolest gig around.

The concept of Anticipation Marketing is his specialty. He loves marketers and sales hacks. He loves (or dislikes) your company. His rants on hotheadblog.com may inspire you. They may ignite you. Either way, it's all good. Follow Charles on Twitter @vendorcloud

Charles is a 4-time marathoner with a 3:58 PR. He also enjoys loads of time with his awesome family as well as advocating in modernist architecture, fine wine, craft beer, master Japanese gardens, xeriscape, politics, and music. email him at vendorcloud@gmail.com .

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Archive for May, 2009

The art of saying no

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

A friend recently suggested I learn to say no more often. It’s an art for sure. Even Tony Blair’s in on the effort to filter more and lead more by saying no artfully and gracefully. This week one of his quotes is heavy in Twitter rotation. He said “The art of leadership [...]

Hothead Review - JRDN San Diego

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Hotel price reductions - your neighbor is a thug

Monday, May 18th, 2009

We stayed at a place this past weekend that we loved last year in the San Diego area. Last year, they held their own as number one ranked on TripAdvisor, a well regarded and tested site by the Hothead.  We had a great time and have sent friends since.
Since the economy is killing hotels [...]

Hothead in one short video

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Thanks to grasshopper for this inspiring piece.  If you view this, you understand everything guys like me want to accomplish. It’s not about the money. It’s about the impact.

3 Months Free Clear Membership

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

I love my Clear membership.  I used it in two airports last week that didn’t have Clear and it’s funny to watch the TSA squiggle when they don’t recognize but ultimately have to take my card as ID.
The folks at DFW TSA told me that they will be up and running by Fall.  LAX will [...]

Great biz-travel tips from Peter

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Take the time to read this.  The information is valuable and you might find yourself with a few more minutes for yourself while out there traveling for “the man”.
This is the 200th hothead post!  I will be celebrating this with a few long posts on the history and impact of the Starbucks gift card, among [...]

Great help with projectors and macbook pro

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Good post if you’re trying to get your mac to work on different projectors.

Great post from @stanleytang

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

Great post Stanley.  Keep ‘em up.

Airport redux please

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

AA Flight whatever - DFW to FLL
Seat 25B — using GoGo Airplane wireless for the first time.  Fast. 1.9mps
What the heck is wrong with America’s airports?  I’ve been in the swing of this since 4.30AM today and will culminate a 10 hour trip in a few hours.  I’ve been taking notes and there are a [...]

Pokenplace hothead discount

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Fell in love with this little ditty today and since I’m becoming the social networking fiend, I had to buy a few to show my not so upshot friends in FL next week.  Cool thing is I got a discount (thanks Evan) to give to all my readers.
Pokenplace was invented in Europe and is all [...]